Lab tests CPT 86900 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood type test cost in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for blood type test, ABO group only (Rh factor is a separate test) as an inpatient: from $36.00 to $38.00, with a median of $37.50. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $1.50 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $49.58 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 86900, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$36.00North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$37.50half pay less
Highest$38.00in this market
Difference1.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $36.00Highest $38.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO $36.00 $72.00 $19.08–$64.80 50% Oct 21, 2025
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Lexington Medical Center Lexington, NC · (336) 248-5161 HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO $37.50 $75.00 $16.43–$67.50 50% Oct 8, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC · (336) 716-2011 HC BLOOD TYPING SEROLOGIC ABO $38.00 $76.00 $20.14–$68.40 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $36.00, median $37.50, highest $38.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $37.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

This test finds your ABO blood group: A, B, AB or O. It is done before transfusions or surgery, during pregnancy, and sometimes just so a person knows their blood type.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the ABO grouping only. The blood draw is often billed separately, and the Rh factor (86901) and antibody screen (86850) are separate codes.